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tapering into a very sharp acuminate point ; the basal sinus is 
shallow or obsolete, and the very slender petiole is 4-6 lines 
long. The axillary panicle is 6 lines long, its branchlets seldom 
exceeding 1 line in length. 
3. Cocculus oblongifolius, DC. Syst. i. 529, Prodr. i. 99 ; Hsenk. 
Reliq. ii. 79; — ramulis gracillimis, subvirgatis, teretibus, 
striolatis, junioribus cinereo pubescentibus ; foliis in $ ovatis, 
oblongis, in ^ lineari-lanceolatis vel linearibus, sursum paulo 
angustioribus, imo cuneato-obtusis, rotundatis vel subcor- 
datis, apice obtusis et mucronatis, a basi 3-5-nerviis, supra 
pallidis aut viridiusculis glaberrimis, subtus pallidioribus 
glaucis et opacis, marginibus revolutis, glabris vel sub- 
puberulis; petiolo pubescente, limbo 4— 12-plo breviore : 
panicula axillari, glaberrima ; pedunculo tenuissimo, petiolo 
2- plo longiore ; ramis brevibus, alternis, 6-7-floris ; pedicellis 
brevissimis, approximato-corymbulosis ; sepalis 9, obovatis, 
3- serialibus, extus gradatim minoribus; petalis 6, ovatis, 
sepalis interioribus 3-plo minoribus, apice eroso-denticulatis ; 
staminibus 6, iis sequilongis ; ovariis rudimentariis 6, puncti- 
formibus : flore ? axillari ; pedunculo solitario, petiolum exce- 
dente, medio apiceque bracteolato, flores 1-3 breviter pedicel- 
latos gerente ; sepalis 9, ut in maribus, marginibus eroso- 
denticulatis ; petalis marium; staminibus nullis; ovariis 6, 
gibbosis, glabris ; drupis subglobosis, glabris. — In Mexico : 
V. s. in herb. Hook., Acapulco ; Sonora alta, ^ (Coulter, 656), 
? (Coulter, 657); Matamoras (Berlandier, 2300) ; Tehuacan, 
Pueblas (Galeotti, 1536) : in herb. Boiss. $ , Nueva Hespanba 
(Pavon). 
The internodes are 4-12 lines long; the leaves are 1-2 inches 
long, 2-7 lines broad, on a twisted, very slender petiole 1-3 
lines long. The panicle is 3-6 lines long, its branches, 
1-2 lines long, each bearing from two to five flowers, which 
are minute : the peduncle of the $ inflorescence is 2 lines 
long ; the drupe is 2 lines in diameter. 
4. Cocculus Leceba, DC. Syst. i. 529, Prodr. i. 99; A. Rich. 
FI. Seneg. i. 13; Hook. Nig. FI. 97; Hook. & Tb. FI. Ind. 
i. 192; — Leseba, Forsk. FI. Egypt. 172; — Cocculus Cebatha, 
DC. Syst. i. 527, Prodr. i. 99 ; — Cebatha edulis, Forsk. Ft. 
Egypt. 171; — Cocculus Epibaterium, DC. Syst. i. 530, 
Prodr. i. 100; — Epibaterium pendulum, Forst. Gen. 108, 
tab. 54; — Menispermum Leseba, Del. FI. Egypt. III. 30, 
tab. 51. f. 2 & 3; — Menispermum ellipticum, Poir. Diet. 
Suppl. iii. 657 ; — Cocculus ellipticus, DC. Syst. i. 526, 
Prodr. i. 100; — Menispermum edule, Vahl, Symb. i. 80; 
